从“译者中心”到“译者责任”

An Eco-translatological Perspective on the Supersession of “Translator-centeredness” by “Translator's Responsibility”

译者主导翻译过程、协调"三者"关系、践行生态理性、落实"四合"规范、对话一切"他者",其"中心"地位无可替代,其译者职能责无旁贷。"译者中心"论的更加理性和走向成熟主要呈现在两个方向上:一个是翻译过程中的"译者主导";另一个是翻译伦理中的"译者责任"。文章指出,译者只有通过对包括文本和翻译生态环境在内的一切"他者"承担责任,从生态整体主义和生态理性的视角审视自己与一切"他者"的关系,才能将一种更大的责任意识融入翻译活动之中。由此观之,从微观翻译行为层面上的"译者中心"到宏观翻译理性层面上的"译者责任",这一理念的衍展将具有生态翻译伦理意义。

The concept of 'translator-centeredness' has been developed in two directions: one calls attention to the translator's domination over the translating process, the other addresses the translator's responsibility within the framework of translation ethics. This paper argues that within the ethical framework, we ought to hold translators responsible specifically for coordinating and balancing whatever the translational process involves, including extrinsic or 'alien' elements such as the eco-environments for translation, the textual ecologies, and the communal ecologies. Only by taking responsibility for all the 'others' involved in translation as well can translators uphold the twin ideals of eco-holism and eco-reason.